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Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. ROGERS, of Niles, in the county of Ben-ien, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and improved mode of constructing Wooden Buildings; and `I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whicht Figure 1 is a .front elevation of a buildin g4 constructed after my improved method.`

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. i f

Figure 3 is ahorizontal section of a portion of the wall as constructed with `a hollow space or non-conduct4 ing air chamber therein.

Figure 4 is a view showing the manner of uniting the walls at the corners.V .f- Figure 5 aiview .representing the manner of joining the sections. `Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. My invention has for its object the construction of wooden buildings, portable and stationary, in such a manner as to insure the requisite strength, with less material than is ordinarily required, and without the necessity of a frame, thereby saving both in labor and cost aswell as weight and bulk; and the invention consists in constructing thewalls of lath, or other strips or battons of wood, joined together in series of two or more, to form the thickness of the Wall, one series being of transverse direction to the other, and secured together in any suitable manner. The strips or battens may vary in size and proportion according to' convenience of circuuv` stances, from building laths, which are four feet long, one and a half inches wide, by three-eighths inch thick; to a considerably greater length, breadth and thickness; but itis preferable that the battons shouldbe thin, to economize material, and narrow, to prevent expansion and contraction by wet and heat, as by my`inethod great strength is secured in walls that'are very thin and light, and the expansion and contraction of a Wall of any size is no more than that of one of its battens. A series of these battens, a, iig. 2, corresponding as nearly as may beato the size of one side of the building to be erected, are laid with their edges in contact, and if the laths are short, the rst or bottom course should vary in length, so as to break joints. Upon these anotherseries .ZJ is laid, the longitudinal direction of which is transverse to the irst series, (with joints broken lengthwise, also, if shortg) upon this a third series c is again laid, having a direction corresponding with the first, (and breaking joints with the first series both ways) which is preferably vertical when the wall is erected; .and upon this a fourth 'andi(ordinarily) the last series e1 is laid, taking care in this to mitre the ends of the battens, if short, as shown at s, figs. 4 and 5,

and to cover the joints both ways between the battons of theseries last previously laid. When this is done the whole of the series are secured irmly-by nailing, and clinching the pointez of the nails, which should be long enough for the purpose, on the inner side.. Any other suitable means of vfastening the parts together may be used, as screws, wooden pins, (be. If the building be of small size, two thicknesses of the lath or battens `may p .be suiheient, and the number may be increased in proportion to the dimensions of the house. The `walls having y bcenformed in this manner, and a suitable foundation, with wooden sills d, iig. 2, provided, the sides are placed in position, and nailed or spiked to the sills, and also to the plates or girts, f f, on which `rest the joists for the Hoor j. The corners of the sills and plates, as also oi the walls,1nay be held together by angular plates c e, securely nailed or spiked to the timbers. A shoulder h is preferably left or formed in the side walls previous to setting on the sills d d, to form a stable support for the weight of thi: sides.` In forming the corners ot"tl1ewall` the end and side walls are interlapped'or dovetailed easily, by passing each alternate lath e; of one of the `nliddle` series on the side wall, out, between and past the corresponding one y] of the end wall, and vice versa, as shown in iig, 4. '.Ihe sections of the wall,'when it is formed in sections, may also be madeto interlock oriinterlap-the laths or battens of one of the middle series breaking joints or interlapping when the sections are united,` as shown in lig. 5. The roof is formed in the same nanner as the sides, by joining the series with one or more of the interior, transverse -to the louter ones. The strips of the two exterior series of the roof should carefully break joints, and be mitered, if short battons are employed, and should be laid with astratum of pitch or water-proof coment betweeinas at i z, to prevent the absorption of moisture. Ridge strips k, areA applied in thnsualwmanner atthe angle of the roof. The walls so formed are capable oi' being divided by the/saw` to form openings for the doors, which require no frame or casing, and the parte removed may be hingedidirectly tothe wall, as shown at m m, iig. 1. The openings for Windows may be formed in the same manner, walls to save material. The principle of constructing the Wall of transv tage of much strength and rigidity with a thin or light wall, and the p sides, as will be readily understood. This enables door and window frames, studding, tc., to be dispensed with t Without impairing the .strength rof' the building; and by 'this means't'our-it'ths of the labor is dispensed with, i making this* kind of tenement exceedingly cheap, and, from being rapidly erected, especially adapted to'newly i settled localities, where lumber is abundant and labor scarce, and to being transported readyV made to places where lumber and labor are scarce. This principle also ada as the walls may be formed in sections and united by be easily taken down and stored in a small compass'for tr building, they mayY afterivard besawed into sections, strength or appearance. To secure the better results for a space may be left infthe interior of t'he Wall, by inserting strips Vof "fiiring, p 29, iig air spaces, o o. Y This materially'strengthens the wall by making it thicker, without adding much to its weight. Walls so formed exclude the air and moisture, and leave few interstices to harbor insects. They'may be finished by painting and sanding the exterior, andby papering the interior, dispensing entirely, if desired, with plastering.

I do not claim broadly the union of-twyo or more thicknesses of boards, or planks, crossing one another, for making doors, partitions, 86e., but, A l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Censtructing the Walls and roofs of Wooden buildings, Whole or in sections, by the union of two or more series or layers of laths or battens, crossing each other transversely, the said Walls and roofs, or sections thereof, being united so as to form a firm structure without the use of additional walls, frame-work or braces, substantially as and for the purposes herein specified. l v t In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two. subscribing witnesses.

- F. O. ROGERS.

or be left out in constructing the erse series oi' strips secures the advang revention of warping or springing in the f removed, and re-erected without detriment to their 3, to form non-conductin g Witnesses:

J. N. CHIPMAN. E. M. PLIMProN.

pts this method to the erection of portable houses, etallic plates, or hinged, asshoivn at l Z, tig. 1, and thus j ansportation and even when erected for a permanent dwellings, oi' Warmthin Winter and coolness in summer, 

